DE Johnson makes case for spot on Gym Dogs roster with back handspring (video)

UGA Beat Writer

Georgia coach Mark Richt has yet to splash down with a backflip like he’s done in past preseasons.

No worries.

Toby Johnson has that covered, minus the splash.

The defensive end, not a small man at 6-foot-4 and 312 pounds, did his own back handspring earlier this summer that created some social media buzz.

“I was really scared before I did it,” Johnson said. “I just wanted to test my knee out to see where it was at.”

At least it showed that Johnson has indeed “healed up fast,” as he put it, from ACL and MCL surgery to his right knee on Nov. 28 after being injured when he was hit by a fullback in a game at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College.

The video was sent out on Instagram and had 2,100 hits on YouTube as of early Thursday afternoon.

Johnson did it outside of the Ramsey Center after a game of pickup basketball while hanging out with freshmen Shaq Wiggins, Tray Matthews, DeAndre Johnson and Davin Bellamy.